Voices of the Oubliette

By Diabolical Incantations

I am the embodiment of terror,
yet here I sit in silence,
humbled by the cold stone against my back,
immobilized in the grip of darkness.

I am the vicious predator,
revelling in the stench of the kill,
but this cage has an intense fume of death and decay,
an inexplicable portent of fate.

I am the tyrant, destroyer of dreams,
enveloped in the void of despair,
this torment that shows but a miniscule window of light,
a false hope of freedom.

We are the voices of the oubliette,
we become one malevolence of pure regret.

Hear our cry.

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Copyright 2013 Diabolical Incantations
Published on Sunday, December 8, 2013.     Filed under: "Horror" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Based on stories from Leap Castle, Ireland
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  • A former member wrote: Wonderfully expressive of the shame and anger from feelings of innate rottenness and malevolence. The second stanza is particularly reflective of the destroyer's entrapment from these feelings and the acts that he regrets.

  • A former member wrote: Everyone is capable of despair, just need to find out what it is that will break a person. A very good take on a 'tyrants' perspective.

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